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Originally Posted by Knight Hospitaller
^ Dock Creek is still somewhere underground there, right?
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Yes, Dock Creek still flows right past the door. It's in a covered sewer, but there could be leakage, I suppose. As a guess, two other factors come to mind that
might be causing the water seepage. (1) It is low ground. That site is in the valley where the creek flowed into the Delaware, and there were hills on both sides. So ground water flows downhill to that spot. (2) The digging is close to the level of the water table.
At first, it occurred to me that the water might have been coming from the river since, historically, the banks of the river were very close to the site. However, I realized that any underground seepage from the river must now be walled off by the walls of the sunken I-95 expressway.